Competitive interactions between the invasive European honey bee and native bumble bees

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 458-470

  Thomson, Diane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Biological invasion; Bumble bee; Colony; Competition; Pollinators; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BEE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATIVE SPECIES; POLLINATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 1542379071     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0626     Document Type: Article

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